Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2024-02-12

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Mon, Feb 12
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
359 head
▼ 138 vs last sale 497▲ 183 vs year ago 176 · +104.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 73 vs last sale 161▼ 22 vs year ago 110 · −20.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 34▼ 50 vs year ago 83 · −60.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows mostly steady with exceptional individuals bringing 120.00 to 122.00, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves lightly tested, feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $237.03/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$237.03
56 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,125
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$356
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$5.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.88
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3408238.3097214thin
Medium and Large 2487237.171,15437
Medium and Large 1571232.481,3275thin
One grade step is worth $5.81/cwt here — about −$356 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale56 hd
237.03
—
GA average16 barns · 2,518 hd
238.92
−1.88
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,544121.121,8706thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,728109.661,89510
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,299103.851,34935
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04882.4886413

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,002$1,0473thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,070$1,0184thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,105$1,2902thin

Every lot

48 lots · USDA AMS · Duvall Livestock - Greensboro, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1305365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1131
Steers—Medium and Large 2375297.53/cwt247.50–342.501,1162
Steers—Medium and Large 3383333.13/cwt330.00–335.001,2764
Steers—Medium and Large 1425338.69/cwt337.50–340.001,4392
Steers—Medium and Large 3425324.88/cwt322.50–327.501,3812
Steers—Medium and Large 2445330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4692
Steers—Medium and Large 3495312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,5471
Steers—Medium and Large 3531273.97/cwt270.00–275.001,4555
Steers—Medium and Large 3575262.44/cwt260.00–265.001,5093
Steers—Medium and Large 3625249.92/cwt247.50–252.501,5622
Steers—Medium and Large 2660250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6505
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275272.32/cwt270.00–275.007492
Heifers—Medium and Large 3332250.77/cwt250.00–252.508333
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368246.51/cwt240.00–250.009076
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435246.66/cwt240.00–250.001,0739
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,0111
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475222.43/cwt220.00–225.001,0573
Heifers—Medium and Large 2486235.61/cwt231.00–240.001,14518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1495242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,2471
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525227.40/cwt225.00–230.001,1942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575233.71/cwt232.50–235.001,3442
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2871
Heifers—Medium and Large 2631219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3825
Heifers—Medium and Large 3645205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4731
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1181
Bulls—Medium and Large 3345337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,1641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375348.68/cwt347.50–350.001,3082
Bulls—Medium and Large 2383339.68/cwt337.50–340.001,3018
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427330.71/cwt327.50–335.001,4123
Bulls—Medium and Large 3445310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1482325.79/cwt325.00–327.501,5703
Bulls—Medium and Large 3495300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4851
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,495135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,0181
Bulls——1,539116.43/cwt115.00–118.001,7924
Bulls——1,615126.00/cwt126.00–126.002,0351
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98979.19/cwt76.00–80.007837
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11686.32/cwt82.00–89.009636
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19796.97/cwt93.00–101.001,16114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,344105.52/cwt102.00–109.001,41814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,415114.26/cwt111.00–118.001,6177
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,5321
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,712107.43/cwt105.00–110.001,8395
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,773116.37/cwt113.00–119.002,0634
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-31,1051,290.00/head1,290.00–1,290.001,2902
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0021,047.45/head970.00–1,090.001,0473
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0701,018.25/head950.00–1,125.001,0184

This sale against other markets

Georgia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.